Acquiring professional knowledge and training students to prepare, plan and control production, that is to say, prepare, plan and control material and information flows within the production process, through provision of appropriate resources, certain quality at the right time and necessary quantities with minimal cost. In addition, the goal is to master the skills for building business plans of enterprises, as well as to apply information and communication technologies within the course field.

After successfully completing this course, a student is able to: Define and describe the role and tasks of production preparation, planning and logistics in a production system; Analyze and evaluate manufacturability of product design and define potential improvements in product design and manufacturing technology; Apply multi-criteria optimization methods for selection and evaluation of products, manufacturing processes and resources; Define basic elements of a production system (production program, production processes, types of manufacturing flows, production resources and their norms, etc.), perform resource allocation and design of manufacturing plant; Identify and define basic elements for production planning, scheduling, launching and monitoring; Describe basic elements of business planning and write a draft of business plan for one production enterprise; Apply CAx systems from the course field.

Introduction to the course. Objectives and tasks of production preparation. Technical, technological and operational preparation of production. Basics of design and optimization of products and manufacturing processes. Product manufacturability – DfX/DfMA. Techno-economical optimization. Manufacturing cost and time. Multi-criteria methods for optimizing products and manufacturing processes. Process planning and post processing information-CAD/CAPP/CAM. Basics of production planning and control. Production plan and program. Production processes and norms. Work and time study. Planning, calculation and optimization of manufacturing flows and resources. Individual and group approaches. Modeling and simulation of production processes. Design of manufacturing plants. Production scheduling, launching and monitoring. Logistics systems and activities. Supply, transport, storage, stock, packaging, handling. Basics of business planning. Creating and selecting business idea. Writing a business plan. Production and organizational plan. Marketing plan. Financial plan. Principles of project management. Modern trends in the development of production preparation, production planning, production logistics and software support.

Classes are held in the forms of lectures and exercises. Theoretical part of the course with typical examples from practice is represented on the lectures. Laboratory and auditory exercises are intended for applying the acquired knowledge through specific examples and work on the available equipment. Students are trained to apply information and communication technologies from the course material on computer exercises. For the purpose of extending practical knowledge, company visits are organized. Consultations are held regularly in order to bring course material closer to the development and fulfillment of required tasks and papers. Colloquium refers to the theoretical part of the exam, while the written part considers work on solving corresponding tasks.